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Oct 5, 5:19 PM
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This sure is an interesting series! I'm also a big Kamen Rider fan, so even I dream of becoming one! I even try to write fan-fiction where I'm the MC😂!

Tojima must've been traumatized after Emily ran from him in fear, I felt bad for him and wonder if she'll appear again🤔. It's also fun to see grown serious adults still try to make Kamen Rider a reality, from gangsters posing as Shocker and that curvy lady in cosplay lol

I'm also curious what era this is set in, I guessed Showa cuz they focused on Ichigou and a little bit of V3 and Riderman, but Tojima was using a smartphone so..😂
Oct 5, 6:13 PM

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Haven't felt those wonderful vibes since the goddamn fucking GOAT show that was Samurai Flamenco, something about those childhood dreams potentially becoming reality just feels great.
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This sure is an interesting series! I'm also a big Kamen Rider fan, so even I dream of becoming one! I even try to write fan-fiction where I'm the MC😂!

Tojima must've been traumatized after Emily ran from him in fear, I felt bad for him and wonder if she'll appear again🤔. It's also fun to see grown serious adults still try to make Kamen Rider a reality, from gangsters posing as Shocker and that curvy lady in cosplay lol

I'm also curious what era this is set in, I guessed Showa cuz they focused on Ichigou and a little bit of V3 and Riderman, but Tojima was using a smartphone so..😂
@Anime-Otaku123 I was wondering the same thing about the time period. If he's 40 and was watching the original series at 5 or so, it would be the mid 2000's, so the smartphone doesn't make sense, but then I realized since he was watching tapes of the show as a kid, he wasn't necessarily born yet when the show aired. I think it's modern day, he just is fixated on the original series and doesn't care about any of the Kamen Rider shows that came after (even though Kamen Rider Black and Black RX probably were airing and very popular when he was a kid).
Oct 5, 7:41 PM

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I'm more of a Heisei than Showa Rider fan, but this was a pretty funny first episode. Looking forward to next week!
Oct 5, 7:52 PM

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Someone really needs to make a counter for how many times “Kamen Rider” gets said here, because holy man. I couldn’t even focus most of the time, these CDs are just awful. The overall aesthetic is truly horrendous. Feels like something straight out of the mid-2000s. The whole premise just screams mid-2000s. Delinquents show up to beat the ever living shit out of this guy... but he gets back up and shows them the power of Kamen Rider!

No, seriously. That’s literally what happens. And then he just goes ahead and beats the ever living shit out of them. What even dude LMAOOO. And then the girl he did all this for runs away because of how beat up... truly the backstory of all time, to say the least. Then we jump back to the present where he uses his Kamen Rider powers to beat the ever living shit out of a bear this time... xDDDDDD

Though that was him in base form, so imagine him at ultimate form with the mask on and everything... oh boy, that was peak locked in energy like we’ve never seen in anime. This is truly the Kamen Rider you absolutely do NOT want to mess with.

And man, visuals aside, which, honestly, only add to the comedy, this was a fire premiere. I actually can’t wait for more. Just hope this whole thing doesn’t get old too fast, though.
IzanaSolos said:
No, seriously. That’s literally what happens. And then he just goes ahead and beats the ever living shit out of them. What even dude LMAOOO. And then the girl he did all this for runs away because of how beat up... truly the backstory of all time, to say the least.


It's a common element in Ishinomori Shoutarou's stories about Jinzou Ningen for then to be "melancholic/lonely" characters, as technically their powers come from the same place as the villains, so they're often treated as monsters just as well.
It's a reference to that.
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Amazing. Complete bonkers and still the best this season!
Oct 5, 8:45 PM
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@Anime-Otaku123 I was wondering the same thing about the time period. If he's 40 and was watching the original series at 5 or so, it would be the mid 2000's, so the smartphone doesn't make sense, but then I realized since he was watching tapes of the show as a kid, he wasn't necessarily born yet when the show aired. I think it's modern day, he just is fixated on the original series and doesn't care about any of the Kamen Rider shows that came after (even though Kamen Rider Black and Black RX probably were airing and very popular when he was a kid).
@myrmidon_mamori I guess that makes sense, in most perspectives, nothing beats the original🤷‍♂️. However, it would seem weird to be fixated on just one series when Kamen Rider is a franchise of multiple series. Every other Rider in the Showa, Heisei and Reiwa era maybe be different compared to Ichigou, but they still share the same ideals of justice. It'd be pretty disrespectful to not give the other shows a chance. Then again, that's not the point of this anime haha😅😂
Oct 6, 12:01 AM
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Surprisingly AWESOME.
Oct 6, 12:08 AM

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Welcome back isekai red! Finally some more Toku anime. This was dope, Toujima represents all of us who grew up watching power rangers, sentai, KR, etc. We all wanted to be one and he just never grew out of it which is real af. Genuinely great guy, when I heard him give that speech about kids not being real members of societies because they don’t pay bills and therefore beefing as kids is pointless, I knew I’d love him. His parents should’ve been proud of him.

“Oh it’s just a bear” Yea at this point I realized this guy’s the real deal. Can’t believe I just watched him take out a bear with just his elbow lol.

That kamen rider mask was calling to him like the damn green goblin mask, finally got to live his dream and take out the goons at the festival, which was awesome btw. The animation, soundtrack and direction went hard af.

Me and the bad bitch I pulled by never growing up.. looks like he’s going to start attracting other KR fans after this incident. This show is gonna get fun as hell I can’t wait!
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It is interesting.
Oct 6, 1:55 AM
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In a season full of uninspired romcoms, isekai's and villainess shit. Lidenfilms delivers a Kamen Rider parody with SOUL. To top it off with a banger ED made in stop-motion.

I hope it'll look consistent, though, since this 2 cours and all
Oct 6, 6:43 AM
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YYYYAAAASSSSS TOJIMA-SEMPAAIIIIII
Oct 6, 10:33 AM
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Absolutely loved it, I pray to god the rest doesn't disappoint, I've never been this hyped over a first episode before
Oct 6, 12:38 PM

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Pretty solid start and loving the animation.

EP1 8/10
Oct 6, 12:59 PM
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This was funny, embarrassing, had a heartbreak and looks like another Kamen Rider. Simply put........ I'm seated for the ride.
Oct 6, 1:27 PM
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Sign me up. I do empathize with not wanting to die alone with all your nerd shit 🤣
Oct 6, 2:05 PM
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Alright my official introduction to Kamen Rider, in 🇺🇸 there was Masked Rider so nostalgia I guess.
Oct 6, 2:28 PM
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I don't know where it's going but it was a fun watch. ^_^
Oct 6, 2:55 PM
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yo idk SHIT about Kamen Rider but this first episode was SO HYPE lol

excited to see more of it, maybe ill get into Kamen Rider because of it
Oct 6, 3:42 PM
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Dont know what it was about this anime’s first episode but I didn’t really like it since it feels exactly like Kaiju number 8, (not saying Kaiju number 8 was bad) making this a sorta lesser version of that. The art style also pisses me off for some reason
Oct 7, 3:32 AM

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Too bad the quality is so low, BECAUSE THIS SHOW IT'S FUCKING AWESOME! YoOOoOoOooOOOOOooo!!!!!!

This gave me absolute joy to watch ,Tojima is so fkng awesome, his school backstory gave me strong Ippo Makunouchi vibes, he telling absolute fkng truth to those goobers at school was peak, and then he seeling his Kamen Rider collection whit the most realest motive I've ever heard broke my heart.

Ignore the poor animation, this shit was peak.
I hope it stays that way!!!
Sorry if my english is bad (っ˘▽˘)っ~~~
Btw, cry about it.

Oct 7, 3:39 AM

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Amazing. Complete bonkers and still the best this season!
@HieiJaganshi94

I agree... what a hidden gem
Oct 7, 5:33 AM

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Too bad the quality is so low, BECAUSE THIS SHOW IT'S FUCKING AWESOME! YoOOoOoOooOOOOOooo!!!!!!

This gave me absolute joy to watch ,Tojima is so fkng awesome, his school backstory gave me strong Ippo Makunouchi vibes, he telling absolute fkng truth to those goobers at school was peak, and then he seeling his Kamen Rider collection whit the most realest motive I've ever heard broke my heart.

Ignore the poor animation, this shit was peak.
I hope it stays that way!!!
StallionXD said:
Ignore the poor animation, this shit was peak.
I hope it stays that way!!!
Animation isn't bad bro. The fight scenes looks good.
Oct 7, 7:31 AM

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A strong start.
The humor was on point too, I laughed out loud more than once.
Hype
Oct 7, 8:55 AM

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Yea that's Gen Kinokura when he isn't solo camping, he wants to be kamen rider.
Oct 7, 11:21 AM
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the first episode was so good that it made me cry and I was literally in class, sobbing. I also have no idea why i cried watching it.(maybe an unfulfilled dream of mine)
Oct 7, 11:22 AM
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never give up on your dreams - the anime
Oct 7, 7:43 PM

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StallionXD said:
Ignore the poor animation, this shit was peak.
I hope it stays that way!!!
Animation isn't bad bro. The fight scenes looks good.
@ZXEAN yeah, I was refering to some of the drawings, there are some parts were the proportions of characters stading still is fucked up, can't say the exact moment but there is a really short scene were Tojima is just stading there, nothing is happening, and his body proportions are all incorrect and over the place, looks so goofy 😂
But yeah fight scenes are great.
Sorry if my english is bad (っ˘▽˘)っ~~~
Btw, cry about it.

Oct 8, 3:20 AM

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I WAS NOT EXPECTING MUCH

and it was better than what I was expecting.

I think that we don't watch Kamen Rider for the fight...

I loved the MC, the music, there is something special about the show...

The main characters are not teenagers and it's also a good point for me...
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Oct 8, 12:38 PM
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I think it was a good start. I saw myself when I was a kid, watching my favorite anime. I recommend it.
Oct 8, 12:43 PM

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THAT'S AMAZING, I'M ON IT 100%!!!!!!! I didn't really know Karmen-Rider because I think we didn't have a diffusion of this in France; we got a lot of power ranger thing but not Karmen-rider!

Edit: I do some research and I find that Masked Rider was diffused on TF1 (the biggest channel on TV in France) in 1996 !
TomuKunOct 8, 12:49 PM
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I like the humour and art style. I also think the sound design is well done!
Oct 9, 7:51 AM
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“If You Ever See Me Fighting In The Forest With a Grizzly Bear HELP THE BEAR!”

Big big energy but homie is actually mentally ill. Absolutely love it though
Oct 10, 1:20 AM
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Kick Ass Japan

4/5
Oct 10, 5:40 AM
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Excellent start to the anime. I really enjoyed the episode, I liked the main character a lot, now I want to see what happens to him from now on.
Oct 10, 10:56 AM

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This is absolutely amazing, nice comedy mixed with very real action.

I am sold, looking forward to this more and the preview looks like it will note disappoint!
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This was really fun and somehow weird relatable...

The MC is so fun and weirdo, love him.
Oct 11, 3:23 AM

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I've never watched Kamen Rider, but this one is quite good. Can't wait to see how his progress is until the end of the episode :)
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Oct 11, 7:51 AM

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This was surprisingly good. Now I just hope it doesn't do what 'Samurai Flamenco' did. 🤞
Oct 11, 9:58 AM

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so is this a series made to mock older people still watching anime?
Oct 11, 3:23 PM
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Well, i guess new personality just dropped
Oct 11, 4:14 PM
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It more than perfectly captures the feeling of being autistic and having a special interest/hyperfixation then kicks it directly into your eyeballs
Oct 11, 5:39 PM

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A show about untreated mental illness.
Oct 12, 4:25 AM
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This is fire first episode and I hate anime fandoms rating this low as this episode deserves well 8 & above.
After Hibino Kafka, We get another middle aged protagonist Tojima Tanzaburo and his childhood story was well packed.
I looking forward to remaining episodes and hyped thanks to Kenjiro Tsuda voice for Hachirō Nakao
Oct 12, 9:44 AM

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Emily, what a bitch, besides I wonder if we will get other tokusatsu references or just within the Kamen Rider franchise.

So his dad is going to be Shocker? Dude just disappeared in the crowd.

End note: this is hilarious, I guess you would only appreciate this if you grew up watching tokusatsu.
Oct 12, 10:00 PM

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Why doesn't he just audition for Kamen Rider?

Also, despite knowing nothing about Kamen Rider, I was thoroughly entertained. A testament to the actual quality of the story.

I didn't know LIDENFILMS had hands like that. I was unfamiliar with their game.
I have read 2 perfect chapters of manga; They are Usogui Chapter 203 and Onani Master Kurosawa Chapter 23.
Slam Dunk Chapters 272 to 276 are a perfect stretch of manga.
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Throwing away your KR stuff because society demands you to do it is the least KR/Tokusatsu fan thing I can think of. I wish I had more money to get more tokusatsu toys and equipment, I couldn't care less of what society tells me to do. And I'm old as the guy in this show is.
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HOLYYYYY PEAKKKK
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Yup. The more I think of it, the less the guy selling his KR merchandise at random because he doesn't want to end alone (yet somehow he ends alone nonetheless) makes zero sense to speak of, particularly considering the kind of messages tokus throw at the viewer (perfect episodes 29/30 of Kyuranger I'm looking at you) and considering I'm pretty sure KR fans, particularly of the Japanese kind, would rather sell their own parents than their KR merchandise. If not for the fact that adult merchandise of tokus costs more than the entire life savings of older people. See the Ultra-expensive henshin belts, for example. This series definitely is not for me.
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Reply to myrmidon_mamori
@Anime-Otaku123 I was wondering the same thing about the time period. If he's 40 and was watching the original series at 5 or so, it would be the mid 2000's, so the smartphone doesn't make sense, but then I realized since he was watching tapes of the show as a kid, he wasn't necessarily born yet when the show aired. I think it's modern day, he just is fixated on the original series and doesn't care about any of the Kamen Rider shows that came after (even though Kamen Rider Black and Black RX probably were airing and very popular when he was a kid).
@myrmidon_mamori it makes zero sense to speak of. He couldn't because at the time he was a kid KR went out of the TV. Toei took a long Hiatus until 2001 at least, they stopped producing everything for a decade. And the only reruns that were available at the time I think might have been of the Riders you wrote about, nothing else. And I fail to see how his mother might have been interested into the 1971 KR, it wasn't a particularly woman-friendly show to begin with. Nothing tells women-friendly less than the garbage anti women liberation shit a guy spouts at the very start of that show.
ProudElitistToday, 4:46 AM
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